On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 19:33, Ludwig, Mark <ludwig.mark@siem...> wrote:

> At the moment, "emacs -Q" (23.1 on Windows) is dropping me into *scratch* ...

If it hurts, don't do that.

emacs --help
...
--quick, -Q                 equivalent to:
                              -q --no-site-file --no-site-lisp --no-splash
...

so it's no surprise that you don't see the splash screen. Try

emacs -q --no-site-file --no-site-lisp

    Juanma